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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 11:23 PM EDT for Kalkaska County, Missaukee County, Wexford County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2008, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KAPX 130323
TORAPX
MIC079-113-165-130415-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0012.080613T0323Z-080613T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1123 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KALKASKA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
WEXFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MANTON...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CADILLAC...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOREY AROUND 1140 PM EDT...
SHARON AROUND 1210 AM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF SIGMA...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOORESTOWN AND 11
MILES SOUTH OF BEAR LAKE AROUND 1215 AM EDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 4446 8552 4451 8542 4451 8534 4457 8534
4486 8486 4449 8485 4430 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 241DEG 21KT 4443 8539
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS34 KAPX 130346
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1146 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
MIC079-113-165-130415-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0415Z/
KALKASKA MI-WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
1146 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
MISSAUKEE...WEXFORD AND KALKASKA COUNTIES...
AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESTOWN...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
CITY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
12 MILES SOUTH OF BEAR LAKE AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 4446 8552 4451 8542 4451 8534 4457 8534
4486 8486 4449 8485 4430 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 253DEG 30KT 4452 8500
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 130400
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1159 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
MIC079-113-165-130415-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0415Z/
KALKASKA MI-WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
1159 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
MISSAUKEE...WEXFORD AND KALKASKA COUNTIES...
AT 1157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS BEEN WEAKENING...HOWEVER THIS STORM
REMAINS DANGEROUS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MOORESTOWN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAYLING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
31 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4446 8552 4451 8542 4451 8534 4457 8534
4486 8486 4449 8485 4430 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 247DEG 27KT 4456 8488
$$000
WWUS34 KAPX 130413
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1212 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
MIC079-113-165-130422-
/O.EXP.KAPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080613T0415Z/
KALKASKA MI-WEXFORD MI-MISSAUKEE MI-
1212 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MISSAUKEE...WEXFORD AND KALKASKA COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT...
AT 1212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE
AREA. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THERE IS ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR
OTHER AREAS IN MISSAUKEE AND WEXFORD COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
LAT...LON 4446 8552 4451 8542 4451 8534 4457 8534
4486 8486 4449 8485 4430 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 247DEG 27KT 4460 8475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 92 min | |
| Jun 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Manistee | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Wexford | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 89 min | |
| Jun 12, 10:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Wexford | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Wexford | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Wexford | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Wexford | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 97 min | |
| Jun 13, 12:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Missaukee | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Missaukee, Roscommon | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 1:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 54 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 96 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Missaukee and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 2:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Oscoda, Roscommon | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 97 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 95 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Manistee, Wexford | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | APX | Wexford | 4 days |
| Jun 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | APX | Manistee, Wexford | 66 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.